East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Cindy Diehl, who retired in April 2016, saved $51,318 toward a pension over 18 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Diehl would collect as much as $751,756, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Diehl received $15,801 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Diehl will have already received $66,105 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.